Humanities Homework Help

——Part One

For this reflection journal, I’d like you to think about 1) the idea of tone and then 2) how we convey tone in writing.

First think of some examples of where someone’s tone made a difference to you. This could be spoken or written and it could be positive or negative. Give me enough information to understand.

Then, think about written tone. Have you ever had the experience of either misunderstanding or being misunderstood because of the tone of something written? It might be a text or email or even a letter.

What are some reasons that tone can be difficult to create in writing?

—–Part Two

Assignment

For this paper, you will be comparing the rhetorical strategies of two of the following essays:

➢ “Let Us Buy Cake”

➢ “A Baker’s First Amendment Rights”

➢ “Even the Bernini of Buttercream has to Serve Gay Couples”

Write a rhetorical analysis of the two essays focusing on the rhetorical strategies of ethos,
pathos, and logos. Consideration of the writer’s tone and voice will be important for thinking
about how the writers have build their appeals to ethos and pathos.

As we have been discussing (online), these three essays are interesting to compare because they
are written about the same topic, to the same audience, but use very different strategies. The
reason I’m asking you to compare two of them is because whichever two you choose, you will have
plenty to write about!

In your paper, make clear how and why the writer(s) has entered the conversation—what is the
reason they have written about this problem and to whom are they writing (that is, who is the
intended audience)? (So it will be important to keep in mind that the New York Times audience is
likely to support civil rights.

By looking at two essays together, it should be
easier to think about the different strategies. What you won’t want to do is simply summarize each
essay.

—–Part Three

this part is not related to the articles attached and different from the two parts above

will be posted at the once both parts above received.